CHAPTER 106: CHAPTER 66: QIN MANMAN’S PRICE FOR NOT ADMITTING DEFEAT [REQUEST MONTHLY TICKETS]_2

"Do you know how much we sacrificed for this competition? And now to be ignored by you as an outsider, it feels like all our efforts have been wasted."

"Moreover," she lifted her head high.

"Professor Lin, I also want to know where our results fall short compared to hers."

"Yes, her drone is very lightweight, the design is excellent, and the app you can download on your phone shows great attention to detail."

"But I believe our team is capable of doing that too; it’s just a matter of time and money."

"For this competition, the school only approved a budget of 20,000 yuan, which isn’t even enough to buy a good set of lenses. How can we compete with such cost-no-object masterpieces?"

White Bird Academy has always encouraged everyone to improve themselves through practice, and as long as it’s a legitimate research group without an outrageous budget request, funding is usually approved.

In ordinary institutions, the administration just doesn’t have this kind of financial generosity.

Unfortunately, Qin Manman, also a student of White Bird Academy, couldn’t fully appreciate how wonderful this was, and when she spoke, it seemed like she took it for granted, thinking the school hadn’t done enough.

...

These words seemed to have brewed in her heart for a long time, and now they poured out in a rush. Qin Manman stood there, her heart pounding.

She had thought it through.

If she failed, at least she would leave the professors with an impression of being stubborn and undefeated. But if she managed to get their attention, and if her father pulled some strings afterward, having a few professors on her side would surely speed things up!

Tianfeng Research Institute is the largest private research institute in the country today. If she succeeded, how brilliant her resume would be!

Qin Manman couldn’t resist such a future.

Moreover, she had met the chief supervisor, Mr. Chang Geng, during a speech.

He was so silent and reserved, handsome and charismatic...

She really wanted to see something different on his silent and cold face because of her...

Qin Manman thought to herself, if it weren’t for the person she liked, to be close to him, she wouldn’t have put in so much effort.

But in this day and age, chasing dreams requires bold pursuit, and so does love.

She has no regrets!

She just hopes that Mr. Chang Geng doesn’t let her down either...

...

However, dreams are always beautiful.

As Qin Manman’s mind wandered, the expressions of the group of people she stopped gradually turned strange.

—Just because you worked hard, does it mean you must have results?

In research, no one dares to speak like that!

Among thousands and thousands of researchers in the world, whose success comes instantly? Isn’t it all the result of countless fruitless failures, leading to a minute chance of success!

Just based on this statement, the atmosphere among the crowd changed in an instant.

In contrast, Yu Lian, who was questioned by her, appeared the most at ease.

"I can’t understand what you’re asking, I just got lucky."

Instead, Elder Lin and several judges exchanged glances, their expressions a bit complicated—

This Qin Manman... what she said seemed a bit off.

Elder Lin was here today as a special guest judge.

Although it wasn’t appropriate to set aside the students’ work midway to do other things, listening to what that girl just said seemed quite amateurish.

After all, among those who wanted to enter the office, no one raised an objection that they were outperformed due to insufficient research funding.

Experts could clearly see that the two drones represented entirely different levels of technology, regardless of the details.

With countless thoughts in his mind, Elder Lin smiled apologetically.

"Sorry, sorry, I was too hasty. But don’t worry everyone, the tech competition will continue. I’ll join a few old friends to settle this student’s situation, and then we’ll proceed to the scoring and comments..."

White Bird Academy was already the last school to present this morning. The next presentations would start at 3:00 in the afternoon with the final two schools.

Though it’s indeed inappropriate for the judges not to give scores on site, it’s mainly because their drones really got overshadowed, like... cough.

Furthermore, the urgent questioning approach seemed a bit too impatient.

Especially with Qin Manman’s previous remarks being so confident and assured, many people from other teams at the venue actually heard it.

At this moment, seeing them uncomfortable brought a subtle sense of satisfaction to some hearts.